Showing posts with label quake forecast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quake forecast. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Watching the Minor EQ Swarm Offshore NorCal

Here, the minor swarm occurring Offshore NorCal. It could fizzle or sizzle in the days to come.

Update time = Wed May 6 10:00:01 PDT 2009Here are the earthquakes appearing on this map, most recent at top ...
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
2.2
2009/05/05 06:08:33 40.346N 124.297W 33.5 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Petrolia, CA
2.1
2009/05/04 18:11:57 40.548N 124.158W 7.0 4 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Fortuna, CA
2.1
2009/05/03 11:45:17 40.757N 124.142W 22.0 1 km ( 1 mi) SSE of Cutten, CA
4.2
2009/05/03 10:54:05 40.749N 124.164W 21.0 1 km ( 1 mi) N of Pine Hills, CA
2.7
2009/05/03 04:13:07 40.405N 124.754W 34.0 41 km (25 mi) WNW of Petrolia, CA
2.7
2009/05/01 23:42:18 40.434N 125.142W 0.2 74 km (46 mi) W of Petrolia, CA

Source: USGS


UPDATE: Formula set up for the perfect offshore quake: Full Moon, erratic tides, moderate eq in May 2 yrs ago; 4.2 could have been a foreshock...no left ear tones but images of a shake. Last moderate quake: 5.9 Nov. 28, 2008.

5.2, May 9, 2007 Petrolia, Offshore NorCal
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2007/nc51181705/


Full Moon, May 9

Eureka
Next Five Days (erratic);
http://www.tidelinesonline.com/displayPredictions.do?locationInfo=1342-799-Eureka-8&month=5&day=6&year=2009

Source: Tidesonline.com